"When we go past this tunnel,
When we open our eyes,
Our dreams become reality!"         

                                           
~Run Away (TXT)

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"Eomma where are you going?" A young Y/N held her mother's clothes tightly so that she could stop her from whatever work she was doing.

Her mother let out a deep sigh and took out a very thick rope from the storeroom.

"Y/Naah!" she sat down, wrapping her hands around her four-year-old innocent daughter, "Eomma will always be proud of you! I know you are a brave girl, brave enough to fight for your happiness!" She pinched Y/N's chubby cheeks.

Y/N smiled a little, although she didn't understand what her mother was trying to tell her.

"Even if I leave you, you will fight for your happiness. You will do what you want to, promise?" she extended her pinky finger towards her but Y/N stood there with a confused face.

"Why would you leave, Eomma?" She innocently asked her.

"Eomma won't be always here to protect you. You should protect yourself,"

With this Y/N pinky - promised her mother that she would live her life to the fullest and would fight for her own happiness.

Her mother kissed her forehead and picked up the rope, saying the last goodbye to her beloved daughter.

"Eomma where are you going?" Y/N cried, unaware of the tragedy that was about to happen.

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Seokjin

With hopes in my eyes, my gaze was stuck at the station entrance searching for the woman I admired the most in this world. Finally, looking at my luggage and my empty hands, I understood that she really refused to run away with me and that was the fault of our fates.

"She won't come Seokjin. She would like to die rather than giving up on her responsibilities!" I thought to myself.

I opened my fist in which the emergency ticket was crushed. I booked that for Y/N with the hopes that she would run away with me, but no, that was not going to happen. The ticket was of no use now. My feet slowly moved to the dustbin as I extended my left hand to dispose of it.

"Seokjin!" I heard a soft familiar voice from behind and when I turned back, I saw my love, my life running towards me, with a wide smile on her face and tears of happiness in her eyes.

My eyes couldn't believe what was happening. My Y/N was running towards me, smiling widely! She really came! The little ray of hope that had faded away came back. All of the things I dreamt with her could come true! My Y/N came back! To her home, to me!

Throwing the ticket inside my pocket, I quickly ran to her with my arms wide open. As soon as our skins met, I hugged her tightly. The tears of happiness could be seen in our eyes, as we enjoyed each other's embrace without any fears.

"You finally came!"

"I've done this mistake once. Now that I got the chance to mend it, how can I let go of it?"

Pulling myself, I looked deep into her eyes and asked, "Are you really willing to run away with me?"

"I'm not running away. I'm just going to pursue what I want!"

Her words made me smile like a fool. Finally, she understood that running away was not running from responsibilities at all, it was the search for self-happiness. I pulled her closer and landed my lips on hers to celebrate that moment of joy.

She held me tight and we kissed. Her embrace, her touch, her soft lips, I missed each and every part of her. That was the best moment I'd ever experienced. The people present at the station watched us with judgemental eyes, but they didn't know how much we had waited for each other.

She pulled apart. With still tears in her eyes, she said, "I'm excited to forget this life and start a new one with you!"

Wiping her tears away, I kissed her forehead and said, "You should always know that Kim Seokjin will never ever leave Park Y/N. He will love her till the very end and will stay by her side even at the worst,"

Her soft giggle touched my ears. The most pleasing sound. Her laugh, her smile...it had been so many days since I saw her smiling, and that sight of her giggling was literally the best thing I saw.

I held her hand tight and took the backpack she carried with her from her shoulder. It was as light as feather.

"Didn't you bring your things?" I asked her, lifting the bag and trying to show her how much it was light.

"I just brought some of my mother's belongings. Nothing else,"

I looked at her in confusion.

"I don't want to take a single thing from here. I just want to erase everything. Everything,"

I patted her back and she let out a sigh.

"You know Jin, I almost got caught when I jumped from the window of my room. The guards came running there and almost caught me, but I still ran for my happiness. I know Appa will soon trace our location and maybe he will kill us, but still, even if it's for a day, I want to live with you. I want to experience life with you. I want to know how does it feels to have a life that I have always  dreamt of!"

I smiled and wrapped my arm around her shoulder, "Let's start a new life again. Me, you and our little world of happiness!"

There were some minutes of silence. We didn't speak. We just looked into each other's eyes and wondered if it was really true that we were finally standing beside each other and holding hands.

"Will you let me borrow your shirt, cause I didn't bring any clothes!" she winked, breaking that awkward silence.

I chuckled, "Of course! What mine is yours and yours is of course yours!"

"But I don't mind letting you borrow my clothes! I promise, if I buy new skirts, you can wear them!"

"Sorry, I'm happy in pants,"

Both of us giggled for the next two minutes. She never laughed at my dad jokes, instead, she used to tell me that I should quit making jokes but today, she laughed like hell. She was happy.

Y/N completely trusted me and I didn't want to break her trust. She didn't bring anything with her. Neither her phone nor anything else. And that showed how much she trusted me.

"I'll take care of you for the whole of my life!" I whispered in her ears, to which she smiled.

She held my hand tightly as the train arrived with super speed and the station started shaking.

The train stopped and I took my ticket out of my pocket.

"Where's mine?" she asked.

I handed her the crumpled ticket which I was about to dispose of when she didn't arrive. She looked at the ticket and threw death glares at me.

"I...I thought you would not come..."

Thankfully, it was still in a good condition. We both showed our respected tickets and checked in.

'Welcome to KTX luxurious train. This train will reach Busan in 3 hours and 24 Minutes. Please make yourself comfortable and have a great journey!' The announcement made it obvious that it would take a long time to reach Busan.

We sat down at our reserved seats and I joked, "What if Zombies appear here out of nowhere like in the film Train to Busan?"

After giggling for five minutes on my own joke, I looked at her as I got no response from her.

She was looking out of the window, with fear in her eyes.

"Appa will be soon here. He must have come to know till now that I'm not at the home. He will kill us Jin! He is nothing less than a Zombie!"

I pulled her back and drew the curtains,

"And I will protect you from that Zombie!"

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So, she finally ran away! : )